Couverture de Chernobyl: a laboratory like no other

Chernobyl: a laboratory like no other

Chernobyl: a laboratory like no other

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In the popular imagination, the Chernobyl nuclear-power plant sits in an abandoned, post-apocalyptic wasteland. In reality, the site of the world’s worst nuclear-energy disaster is a thriving experimentation ground for scientists studying the long-term impacts of radiation. This week, 40 years after the meltdown, we investigate what that laboratory has found so far.


Guests and hosts:

  • Jason Palmer, host of “The Intelligence” podcast
  • Olena Pareniuk of the Institute for Safety Problems of Nuclear Power Plants
  • Jim Smith of the University of Portsmouth
  • Alok Jha, The Economist’s science and technology editor


Topics covered:

  • Chernobyl nuclear disaster
  • Nuclear safety
  • Radiation physics


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